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''Spirited Away'' was first released on VHS and DVD formats in Japan by [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]] on 19 July 2002.<ref name="JPNreleases">{{cite web|url=http://disney-studio.jp/product/index.jsp?cid=252|script-title=ja:千と千尋の神隠し|publisher=Walt Disney Japan|language=ja|access-date=17 November 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219020257/http://disney-studio.jp/product/index.jsp?cid=252|archive-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> The Japanese DVD releases include storyboards for the film and the special edition includes a Ghibli [[DVD player]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20020510/buena.htm|title=ブエナビスタ、DVD「千と千尋の神隠し」の発売日を7月19日に決定|language=ja|access-date=17 November 2012|date=10 May 2002|publisher=AV Watch|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730141842/http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20020510/buena.htm|archive-date=30 July 2013}}</ref> ''Spirited Away'' sold 5.5{{nbsp}}million home video units in Japan by 2007,<ref>{{cite news |last=均 |first=中村 |title=110万冊無料配布。"ゲドを読む。"の狙いを読む 宮崎吾朗監督作品「ゲド戦記」DVDのユニークなプロモーション |url=https://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/manage/20070521/125248/ |work=[[Nikkei Business Publications|Nikkei Business]] |publisher=[[Nikkei Business Publications]] |date=23 May 2007 |language=ja-JP |access-date=16 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816194818/https://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/manage/20070521/125248/ |archive-date=16 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and holds the record for most home video copies sold of all time in the country {{As of|2014|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-14/frozen-home-video-tops-spirited-away-as-fastest-to-sell-2-million-copies-in-japan/.77587|title=Frozen Home Video Tops Spirited Away as Fastest to Sell 2 Million Copies in Japan|date=14 August 2014|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=14 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814183517/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-14/frozen-home-video-tops-spirited-away-as-fastest-to-sell-2-million-copies-in-japan/.77587|archive-date=14 August 2014}}</ref> The movie was released on [[Blu-ray]] by [[Walt Disney Studios Japan]] on 14 July 2014, and DVD was also reissued on the same day with a new HD master, alongside several other [[Studio Ghibli]] movies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.disney.co.jp/studio/ghibli/0252.html |title=千と千尋の神隠し｜ブルーレイ・DVD・デジタル配信｜ディズニー公式<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227165628/https://www.disney.co.jp/studio/ghibli/0252.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon.co.jp： 千と千尋の神隠し [Blu-ray]: 宮崎駿: DVD|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00J2O3CU0/|access-date=28 May 2014|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203134057/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00J2O3CU0/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In North America, the film was released on DVD and VHS formats by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on 15 April 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Conrad|first1=Jeremy|title=Spirited Away|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/03/14/spirited-away|website=IGN|access-date=2 June 2016|date=14 March 2003|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409215418/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/03/14/spirited-away|archive-date=9 April 2016}}</ref> The attention brought by the Oscar win resulted in the film becoming a strong seller.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Reid|first=Calvin|title='Spirited Away' Sells like Magic|magazine=Publishers Weekly|date=28 April 2003|volume=250|issue=17|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20030428/30838-spirited-away-sells-like-magic.html|access-date=29 April 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219022255/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20030428/30838-spirited-away-sells-like-magic.html|archive-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> The bonus features include Japanese trailers, a making-of documentary which originally aired on [[Nippon Television]], interviews with the North American voice actors, a select storyboard-to-scene comparison and ''The Art of Spirited Away'', a documentary narrated by actor [[Jason Marsden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/studioghibli/spiritednews.html|title=Studio Ghibli&nbsp;– The Official DVD Website|publisher=Disney|access-date=1 September 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801195733/http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/studioghibli/spiritednews.html|archive-date=1 August 2013}}</ref> The movie was released on Blu-ray by and North America by [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] on 16 June 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Spirited-Away-2-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo/dp/B00V3QQF6I/|title=Amazon.com: Spirited Away (2-Disc Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack): Daveigh Chase, Lauren Holly, Michael Chiklis, Suzanne Pleshette, Jason Mardsen, Tara Strong, Susan Egan, John Ratzenberger, David Ogden Stiers, Hayao Miyazaki, Original Story And Screenplay By Hayao Miyazaki: Movies & TV|website=Amazon|date=16 June 2015 |access-date=14 September 2017|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203134116/https://www.amazon.com/Spirited-Away-2-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo/dp/B00V3QQF6I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1427837697&sr=8-2&keywords=Spirited+Away|url-status=live}}</ref> [[GKIDS]] and [[Shout! Factory]] re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD on 17 October 2017 following the expiration of Disney's previous deal with Studio Ghibli in the country in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/gkids-studio-ghibli-ink-home-entertainment-deal-1021746|title=Gkids, Studio Ghibli Ink Home Entertainment Deal|first=Carolyn|last=Giardina|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=17 July 2017|access-date=17 July 2017|archive-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803090028/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/gkids-studio-ghibli-ink-home-entertainment-deal-1021746|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 November 2019, GKIDS and Shout! Factory issued a North-America-exclusive ''Spirited Away'' collector's edition, which includes the film on Blu-ray, and the film's soundtrack on CD, as well as a 40-page book with statements by Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki, and essays by film critic [[Kenneth Turan]] and film historian [[Leonard Maltin]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Bui |first=Hoai-Tran |date=13 August 2019 |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/spirited-away-collectors-edition/ |title='Spirited Away' Special Collector's Edition Will Be Available For a Limited Time This November |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108003627/https://www.slashfilm.com/spirited-away-collectors-edition/ |archive-date=8 November 2020 |work=[[Slashfilm]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ghiblicollection.com/product/spirited-away-collector-s-edition?product_id=7231 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820212149/https://ghiblicollection.com/product/spirited-away-collector-s-edition?product_id=7231 |archive-date=20 August 2020 |title=Spirited Away [Collector's Edition] |work=The Studio Ghibli Collection |location=Los Angeles |publisher=GKIDS |asin=B07W8LJLB3}}.</ref> Along with the rest of the Studio Ghibli films, ''Spirited Away'' was released on digital markets in the United States for the first time, on 17 December 2019.

In the United Kingdom, the film was released on DVD and VHS as a rental release through independent distributor High Fliers Films PLC following the film's limited theatrical release. It was later officially released on DVD in the UK on 29 March 2004, with the distribution being done by Optimum Releasing themselves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/156955/Spirited-Away/Product.html|title=Spirited Away (2 Discs) (Studio Ghibli Collection)|publisher=Play|access-date=9 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719053347/http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/156955/Spirited-Away/Product.html|archive-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> In 2006, the DVD was reissued as a single-disc release (without the second one) with packaging matching other releases in Optimum's "The Studio Ghibli Collection" range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.optimumreleasing.net/theatrical.php?id=65|title=Optimum Releasing&nbsp;– Spirited Away|publisher=Optimum Releasing|access-date=9 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016234456/http://press.optimumreleasing.net/theatrical.php?id=65|archive-date=16 October 2013}}</ref> The then-renamed [[StudioCanal UK]] released the movie on Blu-ray on 24 November 2014, A British 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition, similar to other Studio Ghibli anniversary editions released in the UK, was released on 25 October 2021.<ref name="Amie">{{cite web |last1=Amie |first1=Cranswick |title=StudioCanal announces Spirited Away 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition |url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2021/07/studiocanal-announces-spirited-away-20th-anniversary-collectors-edition/ |website=Flickering Myth |access-date=29 October 2021 |date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=8 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108072254/https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2021/07/studiocanal-announces-spirited-away-20th-anniversary-collectors-edition/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the United States, the 2015 Blu-ray release grossed $9,925,660 from 557,613 physical units sold {{As of|2021|2|21|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (2001) – Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Sen-to-Chihiro-no-Kamikakushi#tab=video-sales |access-date=25 April 2021 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |archive-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108172921/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Sen-to-Chihiro-no-Kamikakushi#tab=video-sales |url-status=live }}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the film's Studio Ghibli anniversary release appeared several times on the annual lists of best-selling [[foreign language film]] on [[home video]], ranking number six in 2015,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2016.pdf |title=Statistical Yearbook 2016 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] (BFI) |year=2016 |location=United Kingdom |pages=144 |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520120749/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2016.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> number five in 2016,<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2017.pdf |title=Statistical Yearbook 2017 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] (BFI) |year=2017 |location=United Kingdom |pages=140–1 |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520211817/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2017.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and number one in 2019.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/industry-data-insights/statistical-yearbook |title=BFI Statistical Yearbook 2020 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] (BFI) |year=2020 |location=United Kingdom |pages=94 |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427094931/https://www.bfi.org.uk/industry-data-insights/statistical-yearbook |url-status=live }}</ref>